The Last Hundred Miles

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The Scene: late afternoon at the office. Leslie has put a panel on an order form together incorrectly. She feels she has not received proper information…
The Last Hundred Miles
Piled on the sofa amid pillows and blankets in front of a blaring television— nursing a mild cold on a nasty wet night. The Howie episode ended…
The Last Hundred Miles
Two wonderful days off. Sleeping late. Going to afternoon movies. Napping. Relaxing. I went to St. Luke’s tonight— but left at the break with Bob…
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Rest and recuperation— I’m taking today and tomorrow off from work. After two full weeks, including weekends, of intense activity. I’ve managed my…
The Last Hundred Miles
I wake up this morning thinking of thinking of Ann, the woman I worked with at J. Walker Thompson. Tall and thin— she moved with a graceful, catlike…
The Last Hundred Miles

February 2023

The day begins off-center for me. I start to whine about Howie. This “sober” relationship is too tame— too calm. There is no urgency— no driving sense…
The Last Hundred Miles
Strenuous days. Busy nights. Depression hovers on the horizon because I have to work this weekend. I’m tired. I don’t want to work this weekend. It’s a…
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Wonderful day. High energy. Very busy at work. telephone call this afternoon from Condé Nast. I have an interview Monday, February 22nd— my birthday…
The Last Hundred Miles
It is nearly eleven p.m.— I sit on the sofa in my underwear and a t-shirt smoking a cigarette— having just polished off a late-night snack of fried rice…
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Home from hospitality at Washington Square. I was very much aware all evening of how loved and loving I feel at that meeting. It is a weekly dose of…
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Midnight— exhausted. Worked until 10:00 tonight. Tiring but fun. I think I would hate work that never made these kinds of demands. But I know that I…
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In a few moments I am leaving for Washington Square: Howie is qualifying tonight. I am calmly trying not to be the nervous wreck that I am. I am…
The Last Hundred Miles
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